The sound of pestle echoes forever in Bom Bo village

On November 9, the festival "The sound of pestles echoing forever in Bom Bo village" opened at the Stieng ethnic cultural conservation area in Bom Bo village (Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province).

The festival "Eternal sound of pestle in Bom Bo village" was held for the first time with a series of art programs, food festivals, stone music performances, and folk games. (Source: Tuoi Tre Newspaper)

The festival takes place until November 10 to recreate the image of pounding rice to feed the army of the Stieng ethnic group during the resistance war against the US to save the country.

The festival not only promotes tourism potential but also contributes to the effective implementation of preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups in the district; calling for the attention and investment of businesses... contributing to promoting economic restructuring and improving people's lives.

The festival's activities aim to propagate and educate about revolutionary history and traditions, national pride, the morality of "When drinking water, remember its source" and create a joyful and exciting atmosphere, encouraging the Party Committee, government and people to continue to successfully carry out local socio-economic tasks and goals.

The festival "The sound of pestles echoing forever on Bom Bo village" includes a series of activities: The elaborate and grand art program "Pounding rice with pestles - Feeding troops and fighting the enemy" with the participation of singers and artists from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and hundreds of actors will recreate the image of pounding rice to feed troops and fight the enemy to protect the country of the S'Tieng ethnic group; Seminar on promoting tourism investment; cross-country running with the theme "The way back to visit Bom Bo village".

Tourists enjoy watching artists perform lithophones at the festival. (Source: Tuoi Tre Newspaper)

Within the framework of the Festival, there is also a Trade Fair of cultural and agricultural stalls; a culinary festival “Flavors by the light of bamboo torches”; a cultural festival of ethnic groups; a reenactment of the Friendship Festival; concert performances with 50 sets of stone instruments; folk games (pushing sticks, carrying water, pounding rice)...

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the festival, Chairman of the People's Committee of Bu Dang district, Vu Van Muoi, said that during the resistance war against the US to save the country, the Bom Bo village became a legend, creating a heroic spirit and determination to fight off foreign invaders and gain independence and freedom for the homeland and country.

With ardent patriotism, not succumbing to the policy of forcing people to settle in hamlets of the American-puppet regime, the people of Soc Bom Bo (Soc Bom Bo belonged to Duc Phong district, Phuoc Long province at that time) crossed streams and forests to return to the revolutionary base (Nua Lon base in village 3, Duong 10 commune, Bu Dang district today).

Despite many difficulties and hardships, the Stieng people of Bom Bo commune are still loyal to the Party and the revolution, actively competing in labor production to serve both their lives and the requirements and tasks of the base area.

In 1965, the Regional Command decided to launch the Phuoc Long-Dong Xoai campaign to destroy the enemy's military cluster in the North of the D war zone, within the provinces of Phuoc Long, Binh Long and on the strategic traffic axis of the Central Highlands-Saigon (National Highways 13 and 14).

At this time, Bom Bo hamlet became the food supply center for the troops participating in the campaign. With a spirit of high concentration on the campaign, with their determination and creativity, the Bom Bo hamlet people and the hamlets in the base area gathered all their forces and all available materials to pound rice day and night, promptly serving the battlefield.

After 3 days and nights of hard work pounding rice, the people of Bom Bo hamlet provided the Phuoc Long-Dong Xoai campaign with 5 tons of rice in the shortest time, successfully completing the assigned task.

Under the flickering torchlight, the bustling rhythm of the pestle, along with the overflowing emotions of the Bom Bo people towards the revolution, became the inspiration for the late musician Xuan Hong to compose the famous song " The sound of pestles on Bom Bo village ."

When peace was restored, the Bom Bo villagers returned to their old place (now Bom Bo village, Binh Minh commune, Bu Dang district), established villages, protected the forest, lived and developed their family economy.

In Bom Bo now, on both sides of the winding asphalt road are green hills of coffee, cashew, and pepper, spacious red-tiled houses, bamboo-roofed rice, and fragrant rice wine.

Along with the task of building and developing the economy, on the land of Bom Bo village today, the Party Committee and the government of Binh Phuoc province and Bu Dang district have built and developed the Stieng ethnic cultural conservation area in Bom Bo. This is a place to preserve, conserve and promote the typical cultural features of the Stieng people in the Southeast region.

Coming here, the legendary Bom Bo memories seem to return through songs, singing and gong melodies under the flickering firelight, the heroic memories still echo forever.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/vang-mai-tieng-chay-tren-soc-bom-bo-293184.html